Representation Standard for Grades 6-8

Instructional programs from prekindergarten through grade 12 should enable all students to-

• Create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas
make a graph of data points/information
create a table
draw a picture/diagram


• Select, apply, and translate among mathematical representations to solve problems
choose a way to best represent data: table, scatterplot, graph, etc.
go between graphs, tables, and equations and connect them is translation

• Use representations to model and interpret physical, social, and mathematical phenomena
pool problem or other real world situation; equation is the model
CBR models physical movement with a graph
population problems - population growth, age of mortality, how many people in a certain area